Chicago Art Book Fair thrilled to present Passing Time
A question beckons, what are the times that we’re in?: the state of artists book publishing, the natural world, the measure of sound, the markers of histories. Time at this moment seems as urgent or cynical as ever for could we have all the time or no time at all? This year we’re asking how you take your time, keep its tempo, note, mark, bend, bind it?
The Chicago Art Book Fair is an international showcase of arts publishers, independent book presses, comic artists, zinemakers, printmakers, and more. Chicago Art Book Fair has served as an affordable, accessible means to access emerging art book techniques within the publishing space.
As the arts become increasingly targeted, The Chicago Art Book Fair provides a space for creators to form communities around their various practices. We support artists who are creating boundary-pushing printed media and provide a platform to feature their work to audiences in one of the country’s major cities, here in Chicago.
This year's Chicago Art Book Fair will be held November 13 - 15th 2026. Thanks to community sponsors, CABF is thrilled to provide 3 FREE booths for students who are currently enrolled in programs, 3 FREE booths for Publishers that are run by BIPOC members.
The Chicago Art Book Fair takes place on the land of the Anishinaabe, or the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other Nations consider this area their traditional homeland, including the Myaamia, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac and Fox, Peoria, Kaskaskia, Wea, Kickapoo and Mascouten. We acknowledge all Native peoples who came before us and who continue to contribute to this day.
Email: chicagoabf@gmail.com
Social: @chicago_art_book_fair
Identity and web design by D. Josh Cook and Oscar Solis
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Dates & Hours:
November 13, 2026 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
November 14, 2026 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
November 15, 2026 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Venue: Chicago Cultural Center
78 E Washington St, Chicago, IL 60602
Email: chicagoabf@gmail.com
Social: @chicago_art_book_fair
The Chicago Art Book Fair is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Time is
Lyrical
Far flung
The second hand sounds
Resolute as the buzz of bees
The hour hand beckons like autumn's foliage
It lives between the smell of rain
Fragrant as freshly made pulp
Pressed
Revolution is meant to collapse unto itself
So it can be mended again
Needle to thread
Bending and folded
Binded and ready made
Strunged across walls
It breathes between a page
Notated and Marked
Annotated